Old Norse būa reflects Proto-Germanic *bōwan.
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būa
to dwell; inhabit; prepare
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · dwell germanic verb*bōwan
to dwell; live
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Dwelling and inhabiting continue across the inherited verb.
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Indo-European Root: bheue- and bheu-bheue-: Germanic *bōwan and Old Norse būa
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